Waters v. Davis

RICHARDS, Circuit Judge.

This was a suit brought by the trustee in bankruptcy of one Robert Boatright to recover from the defendant, Ralph Davis, the sum of $15,000, alleged to have been the property of Boatright, and to have been delivered to Davis after Boatright’s property passed to the trustee.

After the introduction of the evidence offered b}- the plaintiff, the court directed a verdict for the defendant on the ground that the principal witness for the plaintiff, one Eockman, was not worthy of belief, and that there was no testimony to show that Boatright was the owner of the money in…